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Really big and long. As big as they get as far as I’ve seen. In fallen oak tree debris.

metamorph

Hundreds of lavae in pooled road ruts

Frog or toad eggs?

In shallow water. Joined by gelatinous stuff.

Unusual looking egg mass found in a seasonal wetland at the eastern edge of the San Joaquin valley.

Red-Shoulder Hawk's prey

I forwarded this photo to a fellow homeowner and naturalist who uploaded it to this platform. It was confirmed subsequently that the frog is indeed a California Tree Frog

Found more than 100 individuals, adjacent ponded feature.

Egg masses

Vernal pools off Nobel and the 805, egg masses, could be Baja CA Tree Frog or Spadefoot? I saw a Baja. Friends told me Spadefoots are calling at night.

Awesome blotching on this one

Found and shared by a volunteer.

Predated upon

About 4-5in!!

6 legs... not great

1 adult and 18 hatchlings caught over a 3 hour period. Collected under the direction and supervision of biologists with USFWS and USGS.

Collected for USGS Research.

Thinking Red Diamond? I was zoomed so snake maybe 2.5-3 feet long. It was pretty calm - it rattled few times and then coiled up a bit - just looked me over with some tongue flicking.

About 2 inches long

Aberrant. Seen a few semi-aberrant individuals here in the area, but never any as remotely interesting as this one.